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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL, you people are so angry...it is comical.  So glad my ADHD kid got his deserved extra time that he needed and scored well on the ACT and got into his first choice top 20 school.  As for what is done to curb the abuse, I doubt it will change much.  Maybe be more careful about who gets accommodations.  If you have a kid who struggled since elementary school, it is doubtful that kid is "gaming the system."  I believe it is more suspect when kids suddenly in late middle school or in high school decide to get evaluated.  Maybe just have more stringent requirements for evaluation for them.

But you will NEVER see the accommodations go away.  Sorry, but you won't win this one...nice try though.[/quote]

Um, I was with you until your penultimate sentence in your first paragraph.  Our 14 y.o. DS was recently diagnosed with ADHD mild inattentive.  He had a few problems in 6th grade but seemed to get on top of them for two years.  Problems again in 8th, then a nosedive in 9th with teachers complaining about him - unprecedented in his school experience.  School didn't think he should have a neuropsych eval.  We did it anyways as we had never had teachers complain about his classroom presence.  A diagnosis, medication, and learning supports has transformed the last quarter of DS' school year.  I get that some folks game it, yet it is not uncommon that ADHD mild inattentive doesn't present in some students, especially boys, until late middle/early HS.  [/quote]

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